bbc news, northern pakistan. >> we have an update on the debt crisis. the boehner plan for raising the debt ceiling has reached the number of votes it needs to pass through the house of representatives. it is now headed to the u.s. senate where the majority leader harry reid has vowed to kill the bill and come up with his own proposal. now to cuba where this weekend marks five years since raul castro took over from his ailing older brother fidel. many believed the system built by the revolutionary leader would collapse without him at the helm. yet today cuba remains the only communist run country. however, reform is slowly taking hold. >> this is one of a new breed of cuban entrepreneurs. she opened a small restaurant in what used to be her front room. now she has three employees working in the kitchen and a thriving lunchtime business. five years ago i would never have thought i could do something like this. it just wasn't possible, she told me. ♪ fidel castro has been cuba's undisputed leader for almost half a century. his younger brother, raul cast